Issues/Policy
Letter Home From Slavery -The Ekaaro Movement By Kole Omotoso
E kaaro o L a nKira wa N’ile Yooba E maa je mi E kaaro o Gbogbo ilu! E maa je mi. Te ba gbede mi!!! Good morning Is how we salute the morning In […]
Month: June 2020
Issues/Policy
Magu And A Chaotic Presidency – Part 2 By Martins Oloja
I noticed the context of ‘Ibrahim Magu and a chaotic presidency’ in August 2017, barely two years into the strange tenure of the Acting Chairman of the EFCC. I commented on it then in an […]
Politics
APC Fast Becoming Most Dangerous Threat To Buhari’s Legacy – Oyegun
The immediate past National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to wade into the crises rocking the party. The party’s Deputy National Publicity Secretary, Mr. […]
Business
Cocoa: Low Harvest Looms Amid Coronavirus Pandemic By Gbenga Akinfenwa
Just like the case of other agro commodities farmers, Cocoa farmers and exporters are currently in a serious economic crisis over the impact of the coronavirus pandemic lockdown, which has debarred them from selling their […]
Editorial
Guardian (NG): Tackling Ocean Surge In Ondo State
Worried about the incessant ocean surge along the coastal Ayetoro in Ilaje Local Government of Ondo State, the Nigeria Erosion and Watershed Management Project (NEWMAP) Unit has commenced work to stop the menace. This is […]
Issues/Policy
Backstory Behind Aisha Buhari’s Gunfight With Sabiu Yusuf By Farooq A. Kperogi
By now, most people have read the story of the scuffle that occurred between Mrs. Aisha Buhari, her children, and her security aides on one hand and Sabi’u “Tunde” Yusuf, son of Buhari’s niece who […]
Politics
PREMIUMTIMES ANALYSIS: APC Crisis: Tinubu/Oshiomhole, Amaechi Fight For Control With Edo As Battleground
It is clear by now that Adams Oshiomhole’s suspension may not put Nigeria’s ruling party, the All Progressives Congress (APC) on the path to peace. Many Nigerians, rightly or wrongly, see Mr Oshiomhole as a major obstacle to stability […]
Issues/Policy
Liberation Begins By Decolonizing The Mind So Let’s Rename Lake Victoria After African Icons Like Sankara By Milton Allimadi
Fellow Africans and friends of Africa liberation starts by “Decolonizing The Mind,” to borrow the title of a must-read book by Ngugi wa Thiong’o the Kenyan intellectual and author. Africans why do we in the […]
Education
2019 UTME: Two In Three Students Who Applied For Admission Into Nigerian Institutions Not Admitted
Across all the educational institutions in Nigeria, two-thirds of about two million Nigerian candidates who applied for tertiary education in 2019 were not admitted, according to the JAMB. Data from the Joint Admissions and Matriculation […]
Issues/Policy
Condoning The Rapists And Unsettling Victims By Abdulkadir Salaudeen
Rapists are atavistic sadists, who do not belong to the modern world. Very crude in their rusticism, they brutally inflict torturous and indelible scars on the psyches of their victims; and that is for those […]
Security
Collapse Of Security Intelligence By Adeola Soetan
Concert is not planned and executed in a day. It takes days for pre-event activities like venue, security arrangement, media and online publicity to be put in place. Choice of the artiste and artiste presence […]
Security
Insecurity: The Sleeping President! By Adbullahi D Mohammed
These are indeed turbulent times for the entity called Nigeria. One cannot wrap his head around the myriad of issues confronting the nation, and, making a case for each of the problem(s) would be an […]
Politics
Edo APC Ward Lifts Suspension on Oshiomhole
Reprieve may be on the way for the suspended National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Mr. Adams Oshiomhole, following the lifting of the suspension placed on him by his Ward in Edo State, […]
Editorial
TheNation: Kogi Bank Robbery
Dare-devil gunmen penultimate Thursday ruptured the peace of Isanlu, an otherwise tranquil town in Yagba East Local Government Area of Kogi State. They robbed a first generation bank and attacked the town’s police station. By […]
News
Rare ‘Ring of Fire’ Solar Eclipse To Dim Africa, Asia By AFP
Skywatchers along a narrow band from west Africa to the Arabian Peninsula, India and southern China will witness on Sunday the most dramatic “ring of fire” solar eclipse to shadow the Earth in years. Annular […]
CRIME
Health Minister Arrested Over $60m COVID-19 Fraud
Zimbabwean Health and Child Care Minister Obadiah Moyo has been arrested over the alleged irregular purchase of $60million COVID-19 medical supplies. The Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) confirmed the arrest of the minister Friday night. “I […]
Issues/Policy
How PDP Govs, Chieftains Endorsed Obaseki, Shaibu Ticket
Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, will be allowed to run with his deputy, Philip Shaibu, on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party if he (Obaseki) emerges winner at the PDP primary slated for Tuesday, […]
Sport
Yekini Beats Ghana’s Yeboah As Greatest Striker On FIFA Poll
Legendary Nigerian striker, late Rashidi Yekini has been rated a better striker than former Black Stars of Ghana forward Anthony Yeboah according to a poll organised by World Football Governing body (FIFA), yesterday. On FIFA’s […]
Politics
Godfatherism And Ghana Must Go Politics Must Stop ― Oba of Benin
A recent call to the Federal Government to ban foreign herdsmen from operating in the North by Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Ganduje, strikes the right chord. The House of Representatives has also urged the President, […]
Politics
I Will Return PDP To Winning Ways In Edo — Obaseki
Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State on Friday said he came to the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, after much consultation nationwide promising that he would bring the party to winning ways again and that he […]